‘A Dead Statesman’ by Rudyard Kipling

I could not dig; I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?

I could not write; but I could lie
And hide it so no-one could pry.
Now my lies shine out so Breitly
And starts to spill what I held so tightly.
What now can keep me among the rich
And prevent me becoming the voters bitch?

Barry Somebody or other – First Kenyan President of the Harvard Law Review.

(Warn all coming Andrew Breitbarts – and the Times),
It will interest them to hunt among the Files
Where unvisited, and cold,
Lie the crowded lies of old
In that Obama-trove of fantasies called the Files

(In our newspaPère-la-Chaise the Office Files)
Contain so many facts that show the truth
Yet the media black-out endures
(In certain hope of sinecures)
And their urge to hide the truth is ever- strong

(He is in a better place, beyond the Files)
But from far above them all, despite their ire
From beyond his grave he guides
Growing throngs of prying eyes
Into the all-recording, all-effacing Files.

I was going to have my wicked way with Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave” but then as I listened to it again, I actually realized that it’s not a bad requiem for Breitbart – just as it sets. Try it and see what you think:

Thanks Perry, its not brilliant but for an off the cuff attempt I did my best. I’ve decided to live by my own advice and ridicule these twerps every chance that presents itself… Last night’s Presidential disclosure was so ridiculous in itself that it begged to be enpoemed (if that’s a word?) & Sui Generis’s Dicken’s post just begged to be ‘adapted’ 🙂

Anyway – everyone should have a go. As llamas shows there’s brain’s aplenty here that can far outdo me.

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